Test 6 · ★ · The broken window and other hidden accidents

What would happen if Kai had run off with the others?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Kai · What happens: happen, run off

This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 428 «The broken window and other hidden accidents» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 happen	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 happen	aux
3	happen	happen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	if	if	SCONJ	_	7 run	mark
5	Kai	Kai	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 run	nsubj
6	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 run	aux
7	run	run	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	3 happen	advcl
8	off	off	ADP	_	7 run	compound:prt
9	with	with	ADP	_	11 others	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 others	det
11	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 run	obl
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 happen	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	happen	would							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	run off a condition, not said to happen	past · perfect	Kai					with the others	vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent with other=Material

One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Nobody would ever know

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	4 know	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 know	aux
3	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	4 know	advmod
4	know	know	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	know	would	Nobody				ever		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

He'd likely be caught by the camera and in more trouble

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 caught	nsubj:pass
2	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 caught	aux
3	likely	likely	ADV	_	5 caught	advmod
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 caught	aux:pass
5	caught	catch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 camera	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 camera	det
8	camera	camera	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 caught	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 trouble	cc
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 trouble	case
11	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	12 trouble	amod
12	trouble	trouble	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 camera	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	catch	would · passive	the camera and more trouble	He				likely property	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme

Option 3

The window would fix itself

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 window	det
2	window	window	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 fix	nsubj
3	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 fix	aux
4	fix	fix	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	itself	itself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	4 fix	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fix	would	the window	window					vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent itself=Patient

Option 4

Mr Wilson would thank him anyway

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mr	Mr	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 thank	nsubj
2	Wilson	Wilson	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Mr	flat
3	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 thank	aux
4	thank	thank	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 thank	obj
6	anyway	anyway	ADV	_	4 thank	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	thank speech: thank	would	Mr		him = he			anyway property	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

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